Taxon:
Guarea grandifolia DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 1:624. 1824
Verified:
05/12/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
- Pennington, T. D. 1981. Meliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:336-340. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Common names
English
carapa – wildake – Spanish (Colombia)
mancharro – Spanish (Ecuador)
apae – pitón – Spanish (Guatemala)
cedrillo – trompillo – Spanish (Honduras)
carbón – Spanish (Mexico)
javín – Spanish (Panama)
cedro macho – Spanish (Peru)
requia de altura –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amapá | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondônia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | Cartago | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | Heredia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | Puntarenas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | Alta Verapaz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | Escuintla | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | Suchitepéquez | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | Cortés | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | Zelaya | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | Bocas del Toro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | Darién | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Miranda | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Putumayo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Valle del Cauca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Morona Santiago | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Napo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pastaza | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Sucumbíos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huánuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Loreto | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica [Cartago, Heredia, Puntarenas], Guatemala [Alta Verapaz, Escuintla, Suchitepéquez], Honduras [Cortés], Nicaragua [Zelaya], Panama [Bocas del Toro, Darién]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas, Miranda]
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Amazonas, Pará, Amapá, Rondônia]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia [Valle del Cauca, Putumayo], Ecuador [Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbíos], Peru [Amazonas, Huánuco, Loreto]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | potential as wood | for timber | Pennington, T. D. 1981. Meliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:336-340. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |